Suzannah Dunn

Suzannah Dunn is a British author.

Biography

Dunn is a graduate of the MA creative writing programme at the University of East Anglia, in Norwich, U.K.[1]

She was Director of the MA in Novel Writing at the University of Manchester, 1999-2005.[2]

Dunn won a Betty Trask Award in 1991 for her novel, Quite Contrary.[3] Dunn's novel The Queen of Subtleties: A Novel of Anne Boleyn details the life of the Tudor Queen and contrasts it with the fictional Lucy Cornwallis, the royal confectioner.[4] A review of The Queen of Subtleties took issue with the character of Lucy but also stated: "Dunn's blend of fiction and real events works and the personal perspective she offers is interesting."[4] In 2024, Dunn was shortlisted for the Nero book awards.[1]

Bibliography

  • Darker Days Than Usual (1990) ISBN 1-8524-2172-X
  • Quite Contrary (1991) ISBN 0-0065-4479-7
  • Blood Sugar (1994) ISBN 0-0065-4707-9
  • Venus Flaring (1996) ISBN 0-0064-9792-6
  • Tenterhooks (1998) ISBN 0-0065-5087-8
  • Commencing Our Descent (2000) ISBN 0-0065-5088-6
  • Past Caring (2000) ISBN 0-0065-4810-5
  • The Queen of Subtleties: A Novel of Anne Boleyn (2004) ISBN 0-0605-9158-7
  • The Sixth Wife (2007) ISBN 0-0072-2972-0
  • The Queen's Sorrow (2008) ISBN 0-0072-5827-5
  • The Confession of Katherine Howard (2010) ISBN 0-0072-5829-1
  • The May Bride (2014) ISBN 1-6059-8630-5
  • The Lady of Misrule (2015) ISBN 1-6059-8942-8
  • Levitation for Beginners (2024) ISBN 978-1408707234

References

  1. ^ Suzannah Dunn
  2. ^ Suzannah Dunn Interview - Writewords.org.uk
  3. ^ "Betty Trask Award". www.librarything.com. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  4. ^ a b Walsh, Rowena. "The lowdown on the love life of Anne Boleyn". Irish Independent, 7 February 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2019.


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